| Citation |
Costa, A.P.B., F.I. Archer, P.E. Rosel and W.F. Perrin, 2023 Tursiops truncatus nuuanu, a new subspecies of the common bottlenose dolphin from the eastern tropical Pacific. J. Mammal. Evol. 30:213-229. |
| Ref. |
128820 Costa, A.P.B., F.I. Archer, P.E. Rosel and W.F. Perrin, 2023 |
| Page |
24 |
| Named Used as Valid |
Tursiops truncatus nuuanu |
| Comment | Common name: Eastern Tropical Pacific bottlenose dolphin | |
| Locality |
eastern tropical Pacific, approximately 12° N, 120° W, AMNH 35045. |
| Distribution |
Restricted to the eastern tropical Pacific, with the northern limit around 25° N, southern limit around 2° S, and western limit at least at 120° W (based on the holotype location). |
| Quote | Hershkovitz (1963) was the first to treat Tursiops nuuanu as a synonym of T. truncatus, but the confusion of species recognition within Tursiops can be seen when Hershkovitz (1966) reversed himself and made T. nuuanu a synonym of Tursiops truncatus aduncus. | |